Support for peanut-stacks.



W. C. BRYANT.

SUPPORT FOR PEANUT STACKS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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WILLIAM C. BRYANT, OF IVOR, VIRGINIA.

SUPPORT FOR PEANUT-STACKS.

Application led February 1, 1915.

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Be it known that I, VILLIAM C. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ivor, Southampton county, and State of Virginia, haveinvented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements inSupportsfor Peanut-Stacks, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention consists of an improved device for use in forming andsupporting stacks of peanut vines after harvesting and during theprocess of curing, whereby the operation of stacking is materiallyassisted and the stacks are maintained in an advantageous form for thepurpose, and a device for the purpose is provided which is comparativelyinexpensive and very durable, all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1is a perspective View illustrating a stack of peanuts formed on myimproved device, the upper and lower ends of the stack being indicatedby dotted lines in order to expose these portions of the stake, orstacking device, to show their form and arrangement more charly, Fig. 2a view partly in elevation and partly in section of the lower end of astacking device, or stake, of my improved construction, on an enlargedscale, and Fig. 3 a detail view showing a modification.

Said stacking device consists of a hollow metal stake A, preferablyformed of galvanized iron, or similar durable yet inexpensive metal, andformed with a conical pointed lower end 10 and a similar conical pointedupper end l1, both ends being tapered to sharp points, the lower one toadapt it for more ready insertion in the ground, and the upper end toadapt it to readily pierce the peanut vines as they are placed inposition thereon. Near the lower end saidstake A is preferably formedwith horizontal perforations extending at right angles and at intervalsapart one above the other, in which cross arms or pins a may beinserted. these cross arms or pins extending in relation toSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916. Serial No. 5,565.

each other as shown in Fig. 1, and are positioned a short distance abovethe ground. They are adapted to support the lower end of the stack sothat the peanut vines will be free from the ground to permit the air tocirculate freely between the ground and the lower end of the stack. Itwill be understood, of course, that these pins are not indispensable, asother means may be provided for the same purpose, but l regard them as amaterial advantage and convenience in the use of the device. Such amodification as shown in Fig. 3 might be substituted, wherein a ringwith radial arms al s secured on the stake at the point desired.

In use, the stake is placed in the ground as indicated in Fig. l, withthe cross arms a a short distance above the ground, and the peanut vinesare slid down over the sharp pointed top l1 of the stake, and the stackbuilt up from the cross arm a to the top of the stake, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. l.

The stakes, being of metal, are durable and can be used season afterseason, and being formed of comparatively thin metal and hollow, theymay not only be of sufiicieut diameter to be stiff and give the requiredsupport to the stack, but are also comparativelv inexpensive and arelight and easily handled.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A stacking device for forming and supporting stacks of peanut vinesconsisting of a hollow metallic stake provided with a solid conical orpointed lower end and a solid conical or pointed upper end, a series oftransverse perforations formed at intervals in said post, and cross-barsor rods adapted to be inserted in said perforations to form a supportfor the lower end of the stack, one cross-bar extending in one directionand the other cross-bar at right angles thereto, substantiallv as setforth.

2. A device for forming stacks of peanut vines comprising a hollowmetallic stake with a pointed lower end and a pointed upper end and witha series of transverse perforations one above the other and at right16th day of January, A. D. nineteen hunangles to each other near thelower end dred and fifteen.

thereof and With horizontal arms or pins mounted in said perforations,substantially WILLIAM C' BRYANT [L'S'] as set forth. A Y d W'itnesses: YIn witness whereof, I have hereunto set v THOS. L. BAIN, my hand andseal at Ivor, Vlrglnia, this Y SAUNDERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve entiszeaeh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

